One day at a time

Little A and Phi!
Things have been going well so far. Little A. has been a very good baby, sleeping at least 4 hours between feedings so Dad and Mom are getting their sleep too. Phi loves his little brother and is very interested in what he is doing. When A. was sleeping in a bunting with his bare piggies sticking out the open end Phi went and poke his little toes and giggled away when A. jerked them back inside. He still doesn't like it when A. cries and likes to get his binky for him or give him a hug (w/ Mom's help of course). His adjustment has been sharing Mom when A. has to nurse but I found if we sit down at his level where I'm still accessible to him he seems to feel included. We've been making adjustments and mostly just working on taking one day at a time. I like pictures so here's a few recent ones. Enjoy!

Phi at G& G's in his new boots!

Trying out mom's hat with a style of his own.

A bucket full of Phi w/ U. AJ

Little A. 2 days old

Little A. 5 days old

Giving brother loves!

Amusing himself w/ Mom's water bottle.

Verse for the day:

Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is past into the heavens , Jesus the Son of God...Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace... Heb. 4:14,16

More pictures

Some pictures A. Sue took she got a good one of him minus the binky.

Big brother is still fascinated by him. The first night we were home,
when little man cried big brother did too and then wanted to give
him a hug.

He looks so tiny and makes big brother look very big!

Welcome little one!!

Introducing Aaron Leroy

who arrived at 4:13 a.m. on the 21st
he weighed in at 7lb.s and was 20 1/4 inches long.

Just arrived!

We started labor at 3:30 wed. but were not sure it was for real. Just in case around 9:00 that evening we dropped big brother off at Grandpa and Grandma's house and after staying for a while decided we would head back home since nothing seemed to be progressing too fast. Once we got back to the house contractions suddenly picked up to 3-5 minutes, I called the hospital after a half hour and was told to wait for another hour and try to relax and take a bath. We waited another 45 min. and then decided to just go in and we would walk around the hospital if they wouldn't admit us yet. We called to let them know we were coming, when we arrived they hooked up the monitors for babies heart rate assessment and left it for an hour. At the end of the hour they finally checked and told us we were 3-4 cm.s so they would check in another hour and we should go walk around. I didn't feel up to walking and things seemed to be getting a little more intense so before the hour was up I asked my Love to go tell the nurse I'd like them to check again. She came in all calm and I had another contraction right then and at the end I unintentionally pushed, I told her and her eyes got big real quick and then she said, "I'll call the doctor" as she grabbed her cell phone. Needless to say we found out we were completely dilated and ready to go. The nurse was quickly putting in the IV and trying to hook up the antibiotics (which I was supposed to have for four hours prior to delivery) then she asked me to get up and walk to the delivery room. Right, I wasn't walking any where at that point, after being wheeled in and switched to the correct bed Aaron Leroy arrived about 5 minutes later to some very flustered doctors and nurses and a very thankful Dad and Mom. They did a good job any way just had to bypass a bit of their usual routine. So here are some more pic.s of our newest little man.

He's got tons of dark hair already needs a hair cut! :0)

Big brother meeting Little brother for the first time.
(this didn't last too long)

Hello every one!
He has been very wide awake and alert for a few hours each day.
And done at least 3 hours of sleep at a time during the night so far!

Our wee little man!
Tiny Toes!!
Big brother "playing" with him.
Keeping track of his binky!!

Verse of the day:
O, give thanks unto the LORD;
for HE is good: for HIS mercy
endureth for ever.
Ps. 118:29